Wednesday - Life in the New Heaven & New Earth - Isaiah 65:20-25 - 11/2/16

The prosperity & glory of Zion under the new dispensation.

Verse 20 ... There shall be more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old; ... but the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.

Ecclesiastes 8:12 ... Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, & his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:


Isaiah 65:21 ... And ... they shall build houses, & inhabit them; & they shall plant vineyards, & eat the fruit of them.

Isaiah 62:8 ...The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, & by the arm of his strength, (If I give) Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; & the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:


Isaiah 65:22 ... They shall not build, & another inhabit; they shall not plant, & another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, & mine elect (shall make them continue long, or shall wear out) shall long enjoy the work of their hands.


Isaiah 65:23 ... They shall not labour in vain, ... nor bring forth for trouble;...

Deuteronomy 28:42 ... Thou shalt begat sons & daughters, but (they shall not be thine) thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.


Isaiah 65:23 ... for ... they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, their offspring with them.

Isaiah 61:9 ... And their seed shall be known among the Gen'tiles, & their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.


Isaiah 65:24 ... And it shall come to pass, that ... before they call, I will answer; & while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Psalm 32:5 ... I acknowledged my sin unto thee, & mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; & thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.


Isaiah 65:25 ... The wolf & the lamb shall feed together, & the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: ...

Isaiah 11:6,7,9 ...The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, & the leopard shall lie down with the kid; the calf & the young lion & the fatling together; & a little child shall lead them.

And the cow & bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: & the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.


Isaiah 65:25 ...& dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

Genesis 3:14 ... And the LORD God saith unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, & above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, & dust shall thou eat all the days of thy life:


Scripture reference used from The KJV Bible, The SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN

Tuesday - Who May Live With God - PSalm 15 - 11/1/16

The psalmist describeth a citizen of Zion. A Psalm of David.

Verse 1 ... LORD, ... who shall ...

Psalm 24:5 .. He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, & righteousness from the God of his salvation.


Psalm 15:1 ... (sojourn) abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in ... they holy hill?

Psalm 2:6 ... Yet have I (anointed) my king (upon Zion the hill of holiness) upon my holy hill of Zion.


Psalm 15:2 ... He that walketh uprightly, & worketh righteousness, &

Isaiah 33:15 ... He that walketh (righteousnesses) righteously, & speaketh (uprightnesses) uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of (deceit) oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of (bloods) blood, & shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;


Psalm 15:2 ... speaketh the truth in his heart.

Ephesians 15:2 ... Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.


Psalm 15:3 ... He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doth evil to his neighbor, ...

Leviticus 19:16 ... Thou shalt not go up & down as a talebearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am the LORD.


Psalm 15:3 ... nor (receiveth or endureth) taketh up a reproach against his neighbor.


Psalm 15:4 ... In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that ...

Esther 8:2 ... And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Ha'man, & gave it to Mor'de-cai. And Es'ther set Mor'de-cai over the house of Ha'man.


Psalm 15:4 ... sweareth to his own hurt, & changeth not.

Judges 11:35 ... And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, & said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought ne very low, & thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, & I can not go back.


Psalm 15:5 ... He that putteth not out of his money to usury ...

Deuteronomy 23:19 ... Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury any thing that is lent upon usury.


Psalm 15:5 ... nor taketh reward against the innonemce. He that doeth these things ... shall never be moved.

Psalm 16:8 ... I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.


Scripture reference used from The KJV Bible, The SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN

Monday - God Will Dwell With Them - Exodus 29:42-46 - 10/31/16

The continual burnt offering. God's promise to dwell among the children of Israel.

Verse 42 ...This shall be ... continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD, ...

Verse 38 ... Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.


Verse 42 ... where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.

Exodus 25:22 ... And there I will meet with thee, & I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Is'ra-el.


Exodus 29:43 ... And there I will meet with the children of Is'ra-el, & the tabernacle... shall be sanctified by my glory.

Exodus 40:43 ... Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, & the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.


Exodus 29:44 ... And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, & the altar: I will ... sanctify also both Aa'ron & his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office.

Leviticus 21:15 ... Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: For I the LORD sanctify him.


Exodus 29:45 ... And ... I will dwell among the children of Is'ra-el, & will be their God.

Exodus 25:8 ... And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.


Exodus 29:46 ... And they shall know that ... I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of E'gypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God.

Exodus 20:2 ... I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of E'gypt, out of the house of (servants) bondage.


Scripture reference used from The KJV Bible, SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN

Wednesday - By His Bruises We Are Healed - Isaiah 53:1-6 -10/26/16

The Messiah despised & rejected. His sufferings in our behalf.

Isaiah 53:1 ... Who hath believed our ...

John 12:38 ... That the saying of E-sa'ias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, LORD, who hath believed our report? & to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?


Isaiah 53:1 ... report? & to whom ... doctrine

Isaiah 53:1 ... is the arm of the LORD revealed?

Isaiah 51:9 ... Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Ra'hab, & wounded the dragon?


Isaiah 53:2 ... For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, & as a root out of a dry ground ...

Isaiah 11:1 ... And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jes'se, & a Branch shall grow out of his roots:


Isaiah 53:2 ... he hath no form nor comeliness; & when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

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Isaiah 53:3 ... He is despised & rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and ...

Psalm 22:6 ... But I am a worm, & no man; a reproach of men, & despised of the people.


Isaiah 53:3 ... acquainted with grief: and ...

Hebrews 4:15 ... For we have not a high priest which can not be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.


Isaiah 53:3 ... as a hiding of faces from him, or, from us.. we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, & ... we esteemed him not

John 1:10,11 ...He was in the world, & the world knew him not.

He came unto his own, & his own received him not.


Isaiah 53:4 ... (As a hiding of faces from him, or, from us) Surely ...he hath borne our griefs, & carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, & afflicted.

Matthew 8:17 ... That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by E-sa'ias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, & bare our sickness.


Isaiah 53:5 ... But he was (tormented) wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; with his...

Romans 4:25 ... Who was delivered for our offences, & was raised again for our justification.


Isaiah 53:5 ... stripes (bruise) we are healed.

I Peter 2:24 ... Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.


Isaiah 53:6 ... All we like sheep, have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; & the LORD ...

Psalm 119:176 ... I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek they servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.


Isaiah 53:6 ... hath laid on him the iniquity of us all (hath made the iniquities of us all to meet on him).


Scripture reference used from the KJV Bible, The SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN

Tuesday - Cry for Help Answered - Psalm 22:1-5 - 10/25/16

The psalmist's complaint in distress, & prayer for help.


Psalm 22:1 ...My God,

Matthew 27:46 ... And about the 9th hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying E'li, E'li, la'ma sa-bach-tha-ni? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?


Psalm 22:1 ... my God, shy hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, & from the words of my roaring?

Hebrews 5:7 ... Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers & supplications with strong crying & tears unto him that was able to save him from death, & was heard in that he feared;


Psalm 22:2 ... O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not: and in the night season, & am not silent (no silence to me).


Psalm 22:3 ... But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Is'ra-el.

Deuteronomy 10:21 ... He is they praise, & he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great & terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.


Psalm 22:4 ... Our fathers trusted in thee:they trusted, & thou didst deliver them


Psalm 22:5 ... They cried unto thee, & were delivered: they trusted in thee, & were not confounded.

Psalm 25:2,3 ... O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me,

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.


Scripture reference used from the KJV Bible, The SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN

Monday - I Know Their Suffering - 10/24/16 .. Exodus 3:7-10

God Sent Moses to deliver Israel

Exodus 3:7 ... And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in E'gypt, & have heard their cry ...

Exodus 2:23 ... And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of E'gypt died: & the children of Is'ra-el sighed by reason of the bondage, & they cried, & their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

Exodus 2:24 ... And God heard their groaning, & God remembered his covenant with A'bra-ham, with I'ssac, and with Ja'cob.


Exodus 3:7 ... by reason of their taskmasters; for

Exodus 1:11 ... Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pha'roh treasure cities, Pi'thoin & Ra-am'ses.


Exodus 3:7 ... I know their sorrows;

Exodus 2:25 ... And God looked upon the children of Is'ra-el, & God (knew)had respect for them.


Exodus 3:8 ... And I am come down to

Genesis 11:5, 7, 18, 21 ... And The LORD came down to see the city & the tower, which the children of men builded.

Go to, let us go down, & there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

And Pe'leg lived 30 years, and begat Re'u.

And Re'u lived after he begat Se'rug 207 years, & begat sons & daughters.


Exodus 3:8 ... deliver them out of the hand of the E-gyp'tians, & to bring them up of that land

Exodus 6:6,8 ... Wherefore say unto the children of Is'ra-el, I am the LORD, & I will bring you out from under the burdens of the E-gyp'tians, & I will rid you of their bondage, & I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, & with great judgments:

And I will take you to me for a people, & I will be to you a God: & ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of tthe E-gyp'tians.


Exodus 3:8 ... unto a good land & a large, unto a land

Deuteronomy 1:25 ... And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, & brought unto word again, & said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.


Exodus 3:8 ... flowing with milk & honey; unto the place of

Exodus 3:17 ... And I haave said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of E'gypt unto the land of the Ca'naan-ites, & the Hit'tites, & the Am'o-rites, & the Hi'vites, & the Jeb'u-sites, unto a land flowing with milk & honey.


Exodus 3:8 ... the Ca'naan-ites, & the Hit'tites, & the Am'o-rites, & the Per'iz-zites, & the Hi'vites, & the Jeb'u-sites.

Genesis 15:18 ... In that same day the LORD made a covenant with A'bram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of E'gypt unto the great river, the river Eu-phra'tes;


Exodus 3:9 ... Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: & I have seen the oppression wherewith the E-gyp'tians oppress them.

Exodus 1: 11,13,14,22 ... Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pha'roh treasure cities, Pi'thom & Ra-am'ses.

And the E-gyp'tians made the children of Is'ra-el to serve with rigour:

And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, & in brick, & in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

And Pha'raoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, & every daughter ye shall save alive.


Exodus 3:10 ... Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pha'roh, that thou mayest bring my people the children of Is'ra-el out of E'gypt.

Psalm 105:26 ... He sent Mo'ses his servant; & Aa'ron whom he had chosen.


Scripture reference used from the KJV Bible, The SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN

Judging Me

“Seeking justice for those who cannot fight for themselves is a pursuit that deeply binds me. My honor to this commitment has allowed me to rise above a set of ongoing horrific and absurd circumstances.”

--From the book “Judging Me”
By Mary Elizabeth Bullock

“Judging Me” by Mary Elizabeth Bullock is actually three books in one. First, it covers--in detail--the abuse suffered by the author during her childhood and formative years. Second, it covers her as she grows up and makes her way through the maze of being a ‘survivor’, as she makes her way towards adulthood, eventually entering the field of law. She rises in the ranks of the legal profession--but hides a sinister ‘payback’ side which manages to surface. Lastly, the work features a very frank discussion of the field of law from an insider’s view as a law school student, lawyer, teacher of law, and finally--a judge.

The book has been out for a little while, as it is listed on Amazon.com. This is NOT going to be a book that one will ‘breeze through’ in a weekend, nor does it have a ‘happily every after’ ending. However, IF you are looking for a work that speaks specifically on the issues and sub-issues which surround childhood sexual abuse, Bullock delivers. Those who deal with victims of such abuse in the counseling center or the jailhouse should view this book as required reading, whether dealing with female OR male victims.

“Judging Me” is a self-published memoir (2013, 162 pages, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform), composed of 27 short chapters. Bullock, who has retired from the bench, writes honestly from--and for--the heart. Yes, the book does discuss spirituality and religion--and its impact upon the issues which she raises. However, it does NOT examine the freeing relationship of Jesus Christ which has appeared in the testimonies and memoirs of some of the other authors in this genre. At the end of the day though, the real blessing of the book comes from the fact that the author is on the front lines fighting for others. This is a credit to her legal training, and her dedication to helping others who may not have a champion for themselves.

“Judging Me” can be found on line, or contact may be made with the author at honorablejudgebullock@gmail.com.

Mike Ramey is a Minister, Reviewer and Syndicated Columnist who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. On Line Reviews brings current and lesser-known titles to public light in the quest to re-kindle a love for reading in a sea of modern technology.


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Lift up Christ and lay the sinner low. --C. H. Spurgeon